EP0840336A2 - Commutateur à poussoir autoréglable, en particulier un contacteur de stop - Google Patents

Commutateur à poussoir autoréglable, en particulier un contacteur de stop Download PDF

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EP0840336A2
EP0840336A2 EP97117799A EP97117799A EP0840336A2 EP 0840336 A2 EP0840336 A2 EP 0840336A2 EP 97117799 A EP97117799 A EP 97117799A EP 97117799 A EP97117799 A EP 97117799A EP 0840336 A2 EP0840336 A2 EP 0840336A2
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Reinhard Lange
Ralf Elting
Klaus Müller
Wolfgang Huber
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BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/16—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. for a door switch, a limit switch, a floor-levelling switch of a lift
    • H01H3/166—Self-adjusting mountings, transmissions and the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/44—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating braking action or preparation for braking, e.g. by detection of the foot approaching the brake pedal
    • B60Q1/441—Electric switches operable by the driver's pedals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
    • B60R16/005—Electro-mechanical devices, e.g. switched
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/16—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. for a door switch, a limit switch, a floor-levelling switch of a lift
    • H01H3/166—Self-adjusting mountings, transmissions and the like
    • H01H2003/167—Self-adjusting mountings, transmissions and the like with locking of the adjusted parts in the adjusted position by a separate action

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  • the invention relates to a self-adjusting plunger switch, in particular a motor vehicle brake light switch, with the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the distance between the retaining plate and the top of the brake pedal is smaller than the displacement distance of the tappet-slide system required to reach this switching position, then when the switch housing is inserted into the receiving opening, the tappet head rests on the top of the brake pedal, placing further pressure on the Plunger exerted, whereby the threshold force for the latching displacement of the plunger relative to the slide is exceeded and the plunger is automatically adjusted.
  • the plunger switch is fixed in the receiving opening by rotation by a predetermined angle.
  • the switch housing has one or more projections which protrude into corresponding coding recesses when the switch is inserted into the receptacle opening and which engages behind the holding plate as a result of the rotation of the switch housing about the longitudinal axis of the switch.
  • a disadvantage of these switches is that under certain circumstances an unwanted adjustment of the desired locking position between the plunger and slide can occur. This can be caused, for example, by thermal expansion of switch components or wear of the locking areas. Fiddling in the area of the switch can also lead to an unintentional adjustment of the desired locking position (after self-adjustment). This results in a shift of the switching point, so that the brake light is only switched on from a certain position of the brake pedal, in which there is already a considerable braking effect is reached. Before this switching point, the vehicle following this vehicle receives no indication of the braking process that has already started.
  • the invention solves the problem with the features of claim 1.
  • the plunger or slide has first and second fastening means which enable one of the two elements to be shifted in a latching manner relative to the other element in the angular position defining the assembly and adjustment position.
  • the system tappet-slide is preferably acted upon by a resilient element such that the system tappet-slide can be deflected from a rest position, the resilient element being designed such that a latching adjustment only takes place when the slide has reached a predetermined switching position.
  • a resilient element such that the system tappet-slide can be deflected from a rest position
  • the resilient element being designed such that a latching adjustment only takes place when the slide has reached a predetermined switching position. This is preferably defined by a stop provided for the slide within the housing.
  • the slide is after assembly and after automatic adjustment of the plunger in a switching position moved against the stop, so that the relevant contacts provided in the switch are actuated when the plunger and thus the system plunger slide by a predetermined Switching path is moved out of this switching position.
  • a brake light switch When used as a brake light switch, this takes place when the brake pedal is actuated.
  • switches are arranged on a lever of the brake pedal which, when the brake pedal is actuated, moves in a direction which increases the distance between the switch and the relevant top or bottom of the lever of the brake pedal. In other words, when the brake pedal is actuated, the plunger of the switch is moved out of the switch housing as a result of the application of a resilient element.
  • the part connected to the housing in a rotationally fixed manner is designed in such a way that, when the system is in the rest position, the plunger switch in the mounting opening or a separate opening in the mounting part is connected to the mounting part in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the switch housing can only be turned when the plunger-slide system is actually moved into the switch until the non-rotatable connection of this part to the mounting part is released.
  • the part connected to the housing in a rotationally fixed manner is preferably designed such that it only allows the switch housing to be rotated when the slide is in the switch position which it is to assume after the switch has been installed.
  • the slide can have a nose formed in the longitudinal direction on its circumference, which engages in a corresponding coding recess in the assembly opening, wherein the upper edge of the nose is arranged such that a rotation of the switch housing and thus a rotation of the slider connected to the switch housing in a rotationally fixed manner is only released when the slider is at least approximately in the desired switching position.
  • the slide is acted upon by a resilient element in the assembly and adjustment position of the tappet-slide system and held in a predetermined switching position.
  • the connection between the plunger and slide in the assembly and adjustment position which should enable adjustment at least from a certain force acting on the system, is so matched to the loading force of the resilient element that the displacement of the plunger against the slide in assembly - And adjustment position without deflecting the slide from the switching position.
  • the plunger and slide can preferably be designed in such a way that sliding movement of the plunger and slide is made possible in the assembly and adjustment position.
  • such a stop is formed by a spacer, held in a rotationally fixed manner in a recess in the mounting part, in which the plunger is guided coaxially.
  • the plunger is acted upon by a resilient element such that it is moved out of the switch housing in the direction, the plunger preferably having a stop to limit this movement.
  • the first exemplary embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 shows a plunger switch 1 which is mounted in a mounting opening 3 of a mounting part 5, for example a holding plate in a motor vehicle.
  • the plunger switch 1 has a housing 7 which engages with an extension 7a on the top of the housing 7 in the mounting opening 3, the extension 7a or the mounting opening 3 being designed such that after the plunger switch 1 or the housing has been inserted 7 in the mounting opening 3 a rotation of the switch housing 7 around the longitudinal axis of the plunger switch 1 is made possible.
  • the base part 9a has a recess 13 on the bottom, which serves to receive an upper region of a helical spring 15.
  • the coil spring 15 is supported with its upper end on the upper inner wall of the recess 13 and with its lower end against the bottom of the housing 7.
  • a hollow cylindrical extension 17 for example, can be formed on the bottom of the housing 7 and engages in the interior of the turns of the helical spring 15.
  • One or more contact elements (not shown in detail) of one or more contacts are arranged on the slide 9, preferably in its lower region 9b.
  • the slide 9 is essentially hollow-cylindrical, a plunger 19 engaging the slide 9 from above.
  • the plunger 19 has, in the region which engages in the slide 9, latching means 21 which, as in FIGS. 1 and 3 shown, can be designed as circumferential teeth.
  • the cross section of the plunger in the region of the latching means 21 is designed such that the resilient arms 23a of the engaging part 23 engage in the latching means 21 in a first angular position, but there is sufficient annular space between the outside of the latching means 21 and the inner wall of the slide is to allow a latching displacement of the plunger 19 relative to the slide 9.
  • the annular space is large enough to allow the resilient arms 23 to move radially outward, so that the resilient arms 23 can be moved over the locking teeth of the locking means 21.
  • This angular position defines the adjustment and assembly position of the switch 1 or the system of the tappet and slide and is shown both in FIG. 1 and in FIG. 3.
  • a nose 25 extending in the actuating direction of the plunger or longitudinal axis of the switch is provided on the outer wall of the plunger 19 (FIG. 1), which has a corresponding Coding recess 3a (Fig. 2) of the mounting opening 3 cooperates in the mounting part 5.
  • fastening means 27a, 27b are provided on the extension 7a of the housing 7, which in the sense of a defined use of the switch 1 in the mounting opening 3 with corresponding coding recesses 3b and 3c cooperate in the assembly opening 3.
  • the fastening means 27a, 27b are designed as lugs which extend radially outward from the extension 7a and which accommodate the mounting part between the underside of the fastening means 27a, 27b and the upper side of the shoulder 7b of the housing 7 enabled.
  • the shoulder 7b simultaneously acts as a stop for inserting the housing 7 into the mounting opening 3.
  • the plunger switch 1 can thus be inserted into the assembly opening in a defined angular position, the fastening means 27a, 27b being pushed from below through the coding recesses 3b and 3c.
  • the switch housing 7 is turned 2, the fastening means 27a, 27b engage behind the mounting part, as a result of which the switch is connected to the mounting part 5.
  • the plunger 19 is held in the mounting opening 3 in a rotationally fixed manner by the interaction of the nose 25 with the coding recess 3a, so that the system of the plunger-slide system is locked in the manner described above.
  • the plunger switch 1 When the plunger switch 1 is inserted into the mounting opening 3, it is pressed with the head 19a of the plunger against the relevant side of an actuating element, for example a brake pedal. In order to enable tolerance compensation, the switch 1 is inserted into the mounting opening 3 in the state in which the plunger 19 is in its uppermost detent position, that is, it protrudes the most from the housing 7.
  • the distance between the mounting part and the relevant side of the actuating element (not shown) must be smaller than the distance between the shoulder 7b of the housing 7 and the top of the head 19a of the plunger 19 to ensure self-adjustment of the switch.
  • the switch according to this first exemplary embodiment has the special feature that the slide 9 also has a nose 29 in its upper region, which cooperates with a coding recess in the mounting opening 3.
  • this is the coding recess 3c, which already serves to receive the fastening means 27b for locking the switch housing.
  • the lug 29 thus blocks the rotation of the switch housing 7 until the slide 9 is pushed so far into the housing 7 that the upper edge of the lug 29 comes to lie below the underside of the mounting part 5.
  • This path (and thus the length and position of the upper edge of the nose) is preferably to be designed such that the rotational movement of the housing 7 is only released by moving the nose 29 inwards only at or shortly before the desired switching position of the slide 9 is reached.
  • the coil spring 31 is designed so that a wake, ie an inward movement of the head 19a in the plunger 19 only takes place when the slide 9 has already reached the desired switching position (normal position of the slide when the actuating element is not actuated) and (during assembly of the switch) the self-adjustment has taken place.
  • the plunger switch 101 in turn has fastening means 127a, 127b, which are used for locking the switch in the mounting part 5.
  • the mounting opening 103 again has correspondingly shaped coding recesses 103a, 103b, so that the switch can in turn be pushed from below with the fastening means 127a, 127b through the mounting opening 103 until the shoulder 107b rests on the underside of the mounting part 5. In this position, the switch can be connected or locked to the mounting part 5 by turning the switch housing.
  • the spacer 140 is rotated relative to the housing 107 in such a way that the lug 140a is essentially aligned with the fastening means 127a.
  • the lug 140a thus engages in the coding recess 103a when the housing 107 rests with its shoulder 107b on the underside of the mounting part 5.
  • a further spring 146 is provided, which is received with its upper end in a recess in the underside of the plunger 119 and which acts on the bottom of the housing 107 with the other end.
  • the spring 146 can be held on the bottom of the housing 107 by means of a pin 148.
  • the sawtooth-shaped latching toothing 121 is designed such that each tooth has an essentially horizontally running upper and an obliquely running lower one Has area.
  • the complementary engagement means 123 of the slide 109 are designed accordingly.
  • the initial areas of each of the two locking teeth 121 and / or the engagement means 123, which interact when the slide 109 rotates together with the housing 107 to lock the system of the slide-slide system, are preferably designed such that no end faces meet butt and the Rotation or locking is blocked.

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EP97117799A 1996-10-31 1997-10-14 Commutateur à poussoir autoréglable, en particulier un contacteur de stop Expired - Lifetime EP0840336B1 (fr)

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DE19645058 1996-10-31
DE19645058A DE19645058C1 (de) 1996-10-31 1996-10-31 Selbstjustierender Stößelschalter, insbesondere KFZ-Bremslichtschalter

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KR19980033301A (ko) 1998-07-25
US5947268A (en) 1999-09-07
JP3165669B2 (ja) 2001-05-14
BR9705177A (pt) 1999-02-23
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EP0840336B1 (fr) 2001-03-07
EP0840336A3 (fr) 1998-11-25

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